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AUNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

PATRICK S. HARRINGTON, OF CHEYENNE, WYOMING TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR TO THECHEYENNE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF WYOMING TERRI- TORY.

WHIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'rant No. 882.288, dated May '1,1888.

Application filed September 3, 1887. Serial No. 248,692. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK S. EARRING- TON, of Cheyenne, in the countyof Laramie and. Territory of Wyoming, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Vhips, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

Myinvention relates to an improvement in the process of manufacturingwhips, and has for its object to so improve the construction as that thewhips cannot be broken in any use to which a whip is usually applied,wherein it will always preserve its shape, and will not swell or beotherwise affected by moisture or changes of temperature.

The invention consistsin wrapping an elas tic stock with rawhide, and inthe method of treating the hide before applying to the stock, and alsoin the construction and combination of the several parts, as will behereinafter'full y set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is an elevation of the whip, and Fig. 2 is a sectional portionof the same.

The prime object of the present invention is to make a whip which shallbe more elastic than ordinary whips, and which cannot be broken asaforesaid by any use to which whi ps are usually applied; and thefurther object of the invention is to secure strength and durability.

In carrying out the manufacture of the whip an elastic stock, A, isrstselected-of rattan, whalebone, feather bone, or rawhide-and the saidstock is reduced to a tapering form, the length and thickness to bedetermined by the character of the whip of which it is to form the core.The next step isto render the tapering core 'or stock more elastic, sothat it will always retain its shape, and to strengthen the core orstock, so that it cannot be broken by 4 5 any ordinary or even roughusage, and to make the whip water-proof. Each of these properties orqualities is accomplished by one and the same operation-namely, bybraiding rawhide over the core or stock, as shown at B.

Before applying the rawhide it is subjected y to the following process,viz: the rawhide is wet and then heated and allowed to sweat slowly.This renders it in such a condition as to be readily cut in thin stringsb. When the rawhide is thus treated, the strings will stretch far morethan by simply wetting them, and will consequently shrink much more. Inthis extremely elastic Vcondition the several strings are braided aroundthe stock-six, eight, or twelve in all-each pulling in an adversedirection from the other; consequently, when the whip is bent it mustnecessarily assume its upright position.

The braided rawhide strengthens the whip because of the reason statedabove, and, as the rawhide is braided, the adverse tension of eachstrand makes the stock bend in easy curves and prevents the abruptbends, which are invariably the cause of breakage in whips.

Rawhide as thus prepared and applied to a whip is not affected bymoisture, and a whip is produced of superior finish and utility.

Havingthus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein-described process of treating rawhide for covering whips,which consists in wettingthe hide, heating the same, allowing it tosweat slowly, and then cutting the hide into strips, substantially asshown and described.

2. As an improvement in whips, the combination, with an elastic stock orcore, of strips of rawhide prepared as herein described, and braidedupon said stock, as set forth.

PATRICK s. HARRINGTON.

Witnesses:

WILLIS VAN DEVENTER, FREDERIC S. HEBARD.

